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愛媛大学 - Ehime University >> 愛媛大学 - Ehime University Potholes in Shikoku, Japan, Part II. Origin of Potholes and Title Significance of Pothole Research Author(s) SATO, Shinji; HAYAMI, Tomoko 愛媛大学教育学部紀要. 第III部, 自然科学. vol.7, no., p.191- Citation 220 Issue Date 1987-02-28 URL http://iyokan.lib.ehime-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/iyokan/3559 Rights Note This document is downloaded at: 2017-10-15 16:06:47 IYOKAN - Institutional Repository : the EHIME area http://iyokan.lib.ehime-u.ac.jp/dspace/ Mem. Fac. Educ. Ehime Univ.,Nat. Sci., Vol. 7 191--220(1987) Potholes in Shikoku, Japan, Part ll. Origin of Potholes and Significance of Pothole Research Shinji SATo and Tomoko HAyAMi DePartment of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Education, Ehime University, Bunleyo-cho, Matsuyama City, Ehime 790, JaPan (Received October 11, 1986) I Introduction As already mentioned in Part I , a systematic research on potholes in the Kurokawa River, Ehime Prefecture including famous "Yakama Potholes" was carried out by eight geologists and five geographers in 1982-1983. Results of the research were published as Research Report in Japanese (Yakama Research Association, 1984). In Part I , distribu- tion and morphology of potholes in the Kurokawa River and discussions of their hydrodynamics are stated. In this paper (Part I ), some review and discussions on origin of potholes are stated based on a previous study (SATo and HAyAMi, 1984). Acknowledgment The authors would like to express their deep gratitude to the following persons : Dr. Kozo NAGAi, Professor Emeritus of Ehime University, Mr. Ryukichi ITo, Professor Emeritus of Seikei University, Dr. Kagetaka WATANABE, Professor Emeritus of Tsukuba University, and Dr. Hiroshi YAMAucm, Professor Emeritus of Ehime University, who taught them hydrodynamics, and also their thanks to Professor Naruhiko KAsHiMA, and Dr. Jiro TAKAHAsHi of Ehime University for their assistances. I Origin of Pothole The oldest paper about pothole began with KALM (1742) of Sweden. Since CHARpENTiER (1841) described potholes in upper stream of the Rhone River, France and proposed 191 Shinji SATo, and Tomoko HAyAMi `` Moulin Theory" of potholes, a glacier hypothesis about origin of pothole continued for nearly a hundred years. ALExANDER (1932) of U.S.A. presented "Eddy Theory'' of potholes based upon a hydraulic experiment, and therefore, the glacier hypothesis about origin of potholes declined. In Japan, the "Eddy theory'' is well known, but in Europe and U.S.A. `` Cavitation Theory" about origin of potholes has been appreciated recently. In Asia TscHANG (l958, 1964) mentioned an interpretation about origin of potholes in Taiwan and Hong Kong from many viewpoints. IToH (1979) published a book, "Pothole Erosion in Japan". A. MoulinTheory This is a theory or hypothesis that potholes in eroded areas by recent glaciation, far from recent river system, were formed by glaciation. It is an interpretation that the potholes were eroded by a sort of waterfall which fell through crevice of glacier and reach- ed bedrock (BROGGER et REuscH, 1874;UpHAM, l900;GiLBERT, 1906;MARR, l926, etc.). Even after an appearance of Eddy Theory, FAEGRi (1952) and others supported this hypothesis. ELsToN (1917) recognized that some potholes were formed by glacier action and they belonged to ``Moulin potholes" or ``Giants' Kettles". However, he also said, "because all types of potholes depressions are not to be explained by any one process, it has seemed worth while to attempt a rational classification of these phenomena of the basis of their mode of formation and then to described briefly each of the types." He classified potholes into three classes, and his class A included "Moulin potholes". ELsToN (1918), further said, "An initial hollow in the bedrock is necessary to permit of the primary collection of the sedi- ment and stones that are to be the tools with which the pothole is ground out. Most of the erosion of the holes is apparently accomplished during flood stages." We believe that ELsToN's epinion mentioned abOve is very important, and we will discuss flood stages in later section. FuLLER (1925) said, "The eastern flank of the Front Range in north central Colorado shows a remarkable series of potholes related to the early Pleistocene glaciation of the region. The potholes are directly linked up with ancient cirques, U-shaped valleys, striae, and perched bowlders in the ehain of evidence which indicates that these early Pleistocene glaciers covered 75 to 80P06 of the region and had many of the characteristics of an ice cap with pendant Valley glaciers, fringing well out of the foothills." FAEGRi (1952) said, "In geological text-books the explanation is generally given that potholes are formed by semi-permanent "moulins" which occur where the glacier breaks over a sharp edge. Consequently there will be a semi-permanent crevasse through which waterfalls more or less vertically down on to the glacier bed. STREiFF-BEcKER (1951) con- tends that potholes are net produced in this manner. The locality is a small, exposed ocean island west of Bergen, Norway, called Kvannholmen, near the very top of which (height 23 m) there is a group of quite good potholes. The one is 3.20 m deep wlth a diameter of l m. It will be seen the location of the potholes is very easily explained by the old theory. In 192 Potholes in Shikoku, PtI late-glacial times the island was submerged and emerged again.'' HoLLiNGswoRTH (1951) said, "Would one not be as justified in assuming that a deep pothole demands plunge-pool action as in assuming the elimination of the crevasse-to- plunge-pool idea by postulation of a thickness of several handreds feet of ice? The pothoels on the Maloja Pass to which STREiFF-BEcKER (1951) refers are fine examples of deep cylin- drically drilled holes. They are situated on the rocky crest of the pass just where crevass- ing might be intense." B. Difficulty of Moulin Theory ALLEN (1982) stated, "There are grave objections to the glacier-moulin interpretation, first voiced by ALExANDER (1932) and since amplified by ANGEBy's studies of potholes (1951) from river rapids, primarily because the potholes found in glaciated areas, either buried or exposed, differ in no essential way from those currently being shaped by streams or arising in laboratory experiments intended to simulate river entrenchment (SHEpHERD, 1972 ; SHEpHERD et ScHuMM, 1974). The other objections, extensively considered by ALExANDER (1932) and ffiGGiNs (1957), are that : 1) few of no glacier crevasses are likely to remain sta- tionary for long enough to permit the degree of erosion demanded by the size of most potholes, 2) even if the crevasses were in motion, no one bedrock site is likely to be precise- ly re-occupied by a series of moulins, and 3) the ice is unlikely to have been so thin that the crevasse would have provided an uniterrupted shaft to bedrock." STREiFF-BEcKER (1951) of Ztirich said, "Not all potholes have any connection with glacial action, as was pointed out by Albert HEiM (1885). As we descend a glacier and reach the fine line we find, if the day is hot, that the melted snow and ice gathers into small streams which unite to form larger ones. The water, heated by insolation, melts deep channels in the ice. If the stream reaches a steeper slope where crevasses appear it will naturally flow into one of these (Fig. 1-a) and by devious paths, or under favourable conditions in one leap, reach the glacier bed. It is well known that crevasses always open at approximately the same place in a glacier when it flows over a convex step in its bed. They gape wide open, and close up again as the slope fattens out (Fig. 1-b). When melt water stream (W of Fig. 1-b) enters a crevasse it melts a more or less cylindrical shaft of the up-hill side of the crevasse wall ( I of Fig. 1-b). This maintains its shape even after the crevasse has closed up in its course from ll to V. At NI the crevasse has becomeabarely visible scar but the shaft still remains. These shafts are generally known as "moulin" (in French) or "glacier mills". In German the more appropriate term of "shaft" (Schacht) is often used. The subglacial stream runs at high velocity in its confined channel, strikes against a hard bottom moraine in a hollow and sets units of this rotation. This process is exemplified by the smaller stone in Fig. 1-c." HiGGiNs (1957) of California said, ``In the early 1930's several writers (DE GEER, 1932 ; ALExANDER, 1932) began to doubt the moulin hypothesis and by the early 1950's most writers had abandoned it in favor of the view that large potholes are formed by eddy cur- 193 Shinji SATo, and Tomoko HAyAMi b a S'ilt>ti.ixll'l•ENk<•, -Å~ •x , '` ),' Ii}@,ll'j;i@ •: ,•N.. .y.r••;'1'Vi/f.t:'" -t , /. l. -/.'; -- ' c. ' ' x--.:t ttt Pi.Y',r.`.. tsl.xXCLx.x= XNX. ' bL'-}S!. ii//4,zor2il2i '•';lil9/li21t/llilll/ll?-9t>.• Fig. 1 Explanation of formation of potholes by subglacial stream , after STREIFF-BEcKER (1951, p.489). rents in sub-aerial or subglacial streams. According to the principle of Uniformitarianism, they suggest formation by running water." ANGEBy (1951) of Lund, Sweden said, "When the stream falls down a vertical ledge it has the opportunity to dig out a plunge pool hole. If the velocity is great (i.e. if the water- fall is high) the protecting layer of water, which is held to the rock through adhesion, will be broken and the water itself can produce erosion. Much of the erosion in plunge pools is of the tool-less type. During the last 20 years several big hydroelectric power-plants have been built at the waterfalls on two rivers near N amforsen, northern Sweden.
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